What’s happening at Cornwall?

[Moscow01]

Two social media posts in the past month….  And probably more telling is the fact they haven’t made any announcements on player retentions or any new players coming in.

 

A matter of time before they go the way of pretty much all the other expansion clubs? 

[Griff]

Seriously - can't clubs announce signings at a time of their own choosing?

Does every signing have to be announced while the ink is still wet on the page?

Have some patience.

[Henson Park Old Firm]

17 minutes ago, Griff said:

Seriously - can't clubs announce signings at a time of their own choosing?

Does every signing have to be announced while the ink is still wet on the page?

Have some patience.

No this is the internet generation. No immediate information means bad news.

[OriginalMrC]

As mentioned elsewhere there are strong rumours that their license is for sale. 

[Sports Prophet]

7 minutes ago, OriginalMrC said:

As mentioned elsewhere there are strong rumours that their license is for sale. 

Selling to a new and improved London Scholars I’ve heard.

[Click]

2 minutes ago, Sports Prophet said:

Selling to a new and improved London Scholars I’ve heard.

Is that a rebrand from the Skolars brand?

[Sports Prophet]

2 minutes ago, Click said:

Is that a rebrand from the Skolars brand?

Yeah, apparently these guys passed their English exams

[DoubleD]

1 minute ago, Sports Prophet said:

Yeah, apparently these guys passed their English exams

Presumably they’re not Australian then

[Eddie]

46 minutes ago, Sports Prophet said:

Selling to a new and improved London Scholars I’ve heard.

Where did you hear that? 

[Griff]

1 hour ago, Henson Park Old Firm said:

No this is the internet generation. No immediate information means bad news.

Internet or not, I know from certain knowledge that new signings are not always announced immediately.

Only a gullible fool would believe otherwise.

[Spidey]

13 hours ago, Click said:

Is that a rebrand from the Skolars brand?

That was their original name. I believe they changed when they got sponsored by Skol lager

[Eddie]

3 hours ago, Spidey said:

That was their original name. I believe they changed when they got sponsored by Skol lager

I don’t think they were ever called Scholars, they started as Student Rugby League Old Boys, which rolled off the tongue. 

[Click]

4 hours ago, Spidey said:

That was their original name. I believe they changed when they got sponsored by Skol lager

What Eddie said - I don't believe they ever had the Scholars name as a RL club before going to Skolars due to the beer sponsorship that never ended up happening.

[newbe]

I have always thought new signings should be drip fed,to keep interest going in the off season. As for Skolars I reckon that's completely tosh trying to buy League1 license. Cost to much money.  Only my simple opinion 

[Cb2]

On 06/10/2024 at 11:53, newbe said:

I have always thought new signings should be drip fed,to keep interest going in the off season. As for Skolars I reckon that's completely tosh trying to buy League1 license. Cost to much money.  Only my simple opinion 

It is complete rubbish. It’s Bedford Tigers who missed out on L1 application who are trying to buy Cornwall’s license.   
 

Skolars couldn’t raise 10k last year to pay debts and fund their SCL season, so how would they afford it. My follow up question there would be - they must still have their League 1 license? As far as I am aware - it wasn’t sold. 
 

Someone from within the Cornwall set up is trying to buy the license from Perez but needs to raise another £200k to do so. 

[OriginalMrC]

1 hour ago, Cb2 said:

It is complete rubbish. It’s Bedford Tigers who missed out on L1 application who are trying to buy Cornwall’s license.   
 

Skolars couldn’t raise 10k last year to pay debts and fund their SCL season, so how would they afford it. My follow up question there would be - they must still have their League 1 license? As far as I am aware - it wasn’t sold. 
 

Someone from within the Cornwall set up is trying to buy the license from Perez but needs to raise another £200k to do so. 

£200k!!! With funding being £10-15k per year it's worth £20k at most. Anyone who is willing to pay more than that is a complete mug. Mind you even if they got it for free it probably wouldn't be the most sensible decision

[Eddie]

1 hour ago, Cb2 said:

It is complete rubbish. It’s Bedford Tigers who missed out on L1 application who are trying to buy Cornwall’s license.   
 

Skolars couldn’t raise 10k last year to pay debts and fund their SCL season, so how would they afford it. My follow up question there would be - they must still have their League 1 license? As far as I am aware - it wasn’t sold. 
 

Someone from within the Cornwall set up is trying to buy the license from Perez but needs to raise another £200k to do so. 

Maybe £200k to buy it and run the club for a season, there is no way Perez would want £200k for the licence. 

[Cb2]

32 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Maybe £200k to buy it and run the club for a season, there is no way Perez would want £200k for the licence. 

Yes - exactly. 200k for license and then costs, should have clarified in first post.

[Eddie]

1 minute ago, Cb2 said:

Yes - exactly. 200k for license and then costs, should have clarified in first post.

Well good luck to Cornwall, it would be a massive shame for another club to go to the wall. 

[OriginalMrC]

55 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Well good luck to Cornwall, it would be a massive shame for another club to go to the wall. 

Unless there's a fundamental shift in the sports sink or swim approach to new clubs then it will continue to happen. 

[Billy King's Boots]

2 hours ago, Cb2 said:

It is complete rubbish. It’s Bedford Tigers who missed out on L1 application who are trying to buy Cornwall’s license.   
 

Skolars couldn’t raise 10k last year to pay debts and fund their SCL season, so how would they afford it. My follow up question there would be - they must still have their League 1 license? As far as I am aware - it wasn’t sold. 
 

Someone from within the Cornwall set up is trying to buy the license from Perez but needs to raise another £200k to do so. 

I thought that the Cornwall ownership had bought into Truro City FC with a view to sharing the new stadium? Or was that wishful thinking?

[Click]

41 minutes ago, Billy King's Boots said:

I thought that the Cornwall ownership had bought into Truro City FC with a view to sharing the new stadium? Or was that wishful thinking?

They did - It is thought that their attentions have now turned to Truro FC rather than the RL club.

Who knows what is going on, no information/news could mean anything in RL.

[Anita Bath]

I am sure it all fits in with IMGs plans for taking the game to new heights.

[Click]

2 hours ago, Anita Bath said:

I am sure it all fits in with IMGs plans for taking the game to new heights.

What has IMG got to do with anything?

[gingerjon]

1 hour ago, Click said:

What has IMG got to do with anything?

IMG ranked Cornwall 34/35 - essentially at the "we're not sure you're really a club" level.

But this can be turned to mean, apparently, that they don't know what they're talking about.